Bloomberg Once-popular loan Americans use to finance home renovations and college tuition is slowly dying, slashing a lucrative source of revenue for the nation’s largest banks. Home equity lines of credit, open-ended loans that homeowners tap for cash using their properties as collateral, exploded in the run-up to the housing crash a decade ago, doubling in volume from 2003 to …
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Dubai / WAM In his capacity as Ruler of Dubai, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum issued Law No. (6) of 2019 pertaining to the joint ownership of real estate in Dubai. The new law applies to all major real estate development projects and jointly owned properties in Dubai, including …
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Bloomberg US President Donald Trump decried what he called China’s “massive†intervention to suppress the yuan, portraying the US as the beneficiary of his tariffs on Chinese imports and suggesting — despite recent evidence to the contrary — that prices aren’t rising. “Through massive devaluation of their currency and pumping vast sums of money into their system, the tens of …
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Bloomberg Anadarko Petroleum Corp, the oil producer at the center of a bidding war, posted adjusted earnings for the first quarter that beat analysts’ estimates as oil and gas sales rose versus last year. The Texas-based driller said it earned 53 cents a share, excluding one-time items that included a $316 million loss attributed to the settlement of commodity derivatives. …
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NEW YORK / WAM The UAE was ranked first in the Arab region in the World Happiness Report (WHR) for the fifth consecutive year. According to a statement issued by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), which produces the World Happiness Report, “In 2016, the United Arab Emirates committed to implementing a happiness and wellbeing policy agenda within …
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Bloomberg Oil’s rally stuttered as uncertainty over the status of trade negotiations between the US and China stoked concerns over global economic growth. Futures for May fell as much as 1.2 percent in New York. China was said to be pushing back against American demands, raising speculation that trade tensions between the world’s biggest economies will persist. Still, the price …
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SHARJAH / WAM The 6th edition of the Real Estate Investment Exhibition, ACRES 2019, will kick off on Tuesday until March 21, under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah. ACRES 2019, which will be held at Expo Sharjah, will be witnessing the participation of a large …
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RIYADH / WAM The 39th session of the GCC Summit was held on Sunday in Riyadh under the chairmanship of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud with the participation of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, who headed the …
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Bloomberg London’s biggest office landlords face an unprecedented situation: a political fork in the road that could send the real estate market in polar opposite directions. Developers such as Land Securities Group Plc, British Land Co and Great Portland Estates Plc bet on the way the market will look years in the future when they green light plans to buy …
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Bloomberg Confidence among US homebuilders plummeted by the most since 2014 as the highest borrowing costs in eight years restrain demand, adding to signs of a cooling housing market that will weigh on the Federal Reserve’s debate over how far to raise interest rates. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index dropped eight points in November to …
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